Sailor · 2018–2026

James Symon

slsc Flying Scot Sunfish PHRF handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 8%
Typically beats: 45%
Best class ranking: #284

Biggest lift: Tom Dunne
Longest-running crew: Tom Dunne
Nemesis: John Eckart
Best day: 8 Aug 2026
Signature result: 3rd of 9

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Tom Dunne · Moby Scot · Flying Scot 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 25 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2022 – Aug 2026
Roger Pollack · Viper · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Danielle LaBlanc · Viper · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Joe Turek · Viper · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
JP Bourgault · Viper · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Tom Wernette · Viper · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Ted Greshel · Viper · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Jim Bourgault · Viper · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Michael Turek · Viper · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Aug 2026	39th Annual Flying Scot Fleet 161 Regatta	Moby Scot	Flying Scot	Skipper	3rd / 9
9 Aug 2025	38th Annual Flying Scot Fleet 161 Regatta	Moby Scot	Flying Scot	Skipper	4th / 8
9 Aug 2024	Flying Scot Regatta	Moby Scot	Flying Scot	Skipper	10th / 16
25 Aug 2023	3rd Annual Sunfish Megabowl	Nessie	Sunfish	Skipper	14th / 31
11 Aug 2023	Flying Scot Regatta	Moby Scot	Flying Scot	Skipper	13th / 18
19 Aug 2022	NY Central Sunfish Regional Championship	James Symon	Sunfish	Skipper	32nd / 55
11 Aug 2022	Flying Scot Regatta	Moby Scot	Flying Scot	Skipper	7th / 13
20 Aug 2021	NY Upstate Sunfish Regional Championship	James Symon	Sunfish	Skipper	29th / 55
14 Aug 2021	34th Annual Flying Scot Fleet 161 & New York Lakes District Regatta	Moby Scot	Flying Scot	Skipper	10th / 14
9 Aug 2019	33rd Annual Flying Scot Fleet 161 Regatta	Moby Scot	Flying Scot	Skipper	5th / 11
7 Jun 2019	2019 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Viper	PHRF handicap	Floater	10th / 10
10 Aug 2018	32nd Annual Flying Scot Fleet 161 Regatta	Moby Scot	Flying Scot	Skipper	9th / 14

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	103 provisional	#33020 band 19678–51034	—
Flying Scot Helm	91 provisional	#284 band 175–430	+0.1
Sunfish Helm	27 provisional	#740 band 446–1007	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating -32

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	11 events	0 wins	beats 48%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 0%

Positions: Floater (1)

How they race

Closer	−9 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	64%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	49%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	48%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Paul Waterfield	37	11–26
Bernard Zabek	30	4–26
Timothy Hayes	27	21–6
Stephen Healey	26	17–9
Gregory Kampf	25	3–22
John Eckart	25	0–25
Robert Hayes	23	13–9
Jonathan Torres	18	14–4
David Irving	18	2–16
Tom Dunne	17	13–4
Misha Gutin	17	11–6
Mikhail Gutin	16	4–12

Most-beaten opponent: Timothy Hayes (21–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	75%
2025	1	57%
2024	1	40%
2023	2	43%
2022	2	46%
2021	2	40%
2019	2	30%
2018	1	39%

Boats

Moby Scot · Flying Scot · 8 events · 2018–2026
James Symon · Sunfish · 2 events · 2021–2022
Nessie · Sunfish · 1 events · 2023
Viper · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Ballston Spa, NY · 11 events
Toledo, OH, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 103, #33,020.Crew rating across all classes: -32. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.